Editing Mary Pickford (section)

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* Pickford was awarded a star in the category of motion pictures on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6280 Hollywood Blvd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/mary-pickford|title=Mary Pickford – Hollywood Walk of Fame|date=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
* Her handprints and footprints are displayed at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood, California. Although the theater's official account credits [[Norma Talmadge]] as having inspired the theater's tradition of putting footprints in concrete when she accidentally stepped into wet concrete,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2014-mar-13-la-sh-throwback-thursday-stars-handprints-hollywood-chinese-theatre-20140312-story.html |title=Throwback Thursday: The story behind stars' handprints in Hollywood |last=Davis |first=Laura E. |date=March 13, 2014 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 15, 2019 |issn=0458-3035 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123083125/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2014-mar-13-la-sh-throwback-thursday-stars-handprints-hollywood-chinese-theatre-20140312-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in a short interview during the September 13, 1937, ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' broadcast of a radio adaptation of ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]'', [[Sid Grauman]] related another version of how he got the idea to put hand and foot prints in the concrete, involving Pickford. He said it was "pure accident. I walked right into it. While we were building the theatre, I accidentally happened to step in some soft concrete. And there it was. So, I went to Mary Pickford immediately. Mary put her foot into it".<ref name="EndresCushman">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRiQCgAAQBAJ |title=Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the World-Famous Chinese Theater |last1=Endres |first1=Stacey |last2=Cushman |first2=Robert |date=2009 |publisher=Pomegranate Press |isbn=9780938817642  |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123083136/https://books.google.com/books?id=CRiQCgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|194}}
*She is represented in [[Hergé]]'s ''[[Tintin in America]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 26, 2017|title=TINTIN En Amérique |url=https://tintinomania.com/tintin-en-amerique|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=TINTINOMANIA|language=fr-FR}}</ref> 
* The [[Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study]] at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood, constructed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, opened in 1948 as a radio and television studio facility.
* The [[Mary Pickford Theater]] at the [[James Madison Memorial Building]] of the [[Library of Congress]] is named in her honor.<ref name="ushistory"/>
* A [[Mary Pickford (cocktail)|prohibition-era cocktail]] was named in her honor.
* The Mary Pickford Auditorium at [[Claremont McKenna College]] is named in her honor.
* In 1948, Mary Pickford built a seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom, {{Convert|6050|ft2|adj=on}} estate on {{cvt|2.12|acre|m2}} at the [[B Bar H Ranch, California]], where she lived and then later sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.estately.com/listings/info/19120-bubbling-wells-road--14|title=19120 Bubbling Wells Road}}</ref>
* A first-run movie theatre in [[Cathedral City, California]], is called The Mary Pickford Theatre, which was established on May 25, 2001.<ref>{{cite book|last=Iannucci|first=Lisa|title=On Location: A Film and TV Lover's Travel Guide|year= 2018|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-1-4930-3085-9|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QNBDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> The theater is a grand one with several screens and is built in the shape of a Spanish Cathedral, complete with bell tower and three-story lobby. The lobby contains a historic display with original artifacts belonging to Pickford and Buddy Rogers, her last husband. Among them are a rare and spectacular beaded gown she wore in the film ''[[Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (film)|Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall]]'' (1924) designed by [[Mitchell Leisen]], her special Oscar, and a jewelry box.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
* The 1980 stage musical ''[[The Biograph Girl]]'', about the silent film era, features the character of Pickford.
* In 2007, the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] sued the estate of the deceased Buddy Rogers' second wife, Beverly Rogers, in order to stop the public sale of one of Pickford's [[Oscars]].<ref name="Oscars">{{cite news |last=Siderious |first=Christina |date=September 1, 2007 |title=The Oscar goes to ... Court |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003863659_oscar01m.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903193139/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003863659_oscar01m.html |archive-date=September 3, 2007}}; September 1, 2007.</ref>
* A bust and historical plaque marks her birthplace in Toronto, now the site of [[The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto|the Hospital for Sick Children]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alanbrown.com/TorontoHistory/Pages_MNO/Mary_Pickford.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070420124628/http://www.alanbrown.com/TorontoHistory/Pages_MNO/Mary_Pickford.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2007 |title=Mary Pickford Historical Plaque |access-date=February 3, 2011}}</ref> The plaque was unveiled by her husband Buddy Rogers in 1973. The bust by artist Eino Gira was added ten years later.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Toronto Album 2: More Glimpses of the City That Was |url=https://archive.org/details/torontoalbummore00file |url-access=limited |author-link=Mike Filey |last=Filey |first=Mike |page=[https://archive.org/details/torontoalbummore00file/page/n13 9] |publisher=[[Dundurn Press]] Ltd |year=2002|isbn=9781550023930 }}</ref> Her date of birth is stated on the plaque as April 8, 1893. This can only be assumed to be because her date of birth was never registered; throughout her life, beginning as a child, she led many people to believe that she was a year younger than her real age, so that she appeared to be more of an acting prodigy and continued to be cast in younger roles, which were more plentiful in the theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1260-e.html |title=Archived – Mary Pickford – Celebrating Women's Achievements |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=February 15, 2014}}</ref>
* The family home had been demolished in 1943, and many of the bricks delivered to Pickford in California. Proceeds from the sale of the property were donated by Pickford to build a bungalow in [[East York]], Ontario which was then a Toronto suburb. The bungalow was the first prize in a lottery in Toronto to benefit war charities, and Pickford unveiled the home on May 26, 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/sniderscion/2401463325|title=Yardwork at the Mary Pickford Bungalow|date=April 6, 2008|access-date=February 3, 2011}}</ref>
* In 1993, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated |access-date=February 15, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2012 }}</ref>
* Pickford received a posthumous star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in Toronto in 1999.<ref name="cwof">{{cite web |title=Mary Pickford |url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/mary-pickford |website=[[Canada's Walk of Fame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214190212/https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/mary-pickford |archive-date=December 14, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=June 28, 2024 }}</ref>
* Pickford was featured on a Canadian postage stamp in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/collecting/bin/hollywood-e.asp |title=Canadians in Hollywood |publisher=Canada Post |date=May 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517180224/http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/collecting/bin/hollywood-e.asp |archive-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref>
* From January 2011 until July 2011, the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] exhibited a collection of Mary Pickford memorabilia in the Canadian Film Gallery of the TIFF Bell LightBox building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/films/wintercalendar |title=TIFF: Films – Winter Calendar |access-date=February 3, 2011 |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120130128/http://tiff.net/films/wintercalendar |archive-date=January 20, 2011 }}</ref>
* In February 2011, the [[Spadina Museum]], dedicated to the 1920s and 1930s era in Toronto, staged performances of ''Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story'', a one-woman musical based on the life and career of Pickford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://torontoist.com/2011/01/torontos_sweetheart/|publisher=Torontoist|access-date=November 16, 2016|title=America's Sweetheart Home in Toronto|date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
* Since 2013, the Mary Pickford Foundation has sponsored ''The Pickford Composers'' and ''The Pickford Ensemble'' at [[Pepperdine University]], composed of students learning to develop music scores for live players to support silent films onscreen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Up Against the Screen and the Pickford Ensemble|url=https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/student-opportunities/music/programs/uag.htm|access-date=February 3, 2023|website=seaver.pepperdine.edu|publisher=[[Pepperdine University]]}}</ref>
* In 2013, a copy of an early Pickford film that was thought to be lost (''[[Their First Misunderstanding]]'') was found by Peter Massie, a carpenter tearing down an abandoned barn in [[New Hampshire]]. It was donated to [[Keene State College]] and is undergoing restoration by the [[Library of Congress]] for exhibition. The film is notable as being the first in which Pickford was credited by name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lost-mary-pickford-movie-discovered-in-nh-barn/|title=Lost Mary Pickford movie discovered in N.H. barn|work=CBS News|date=September 24, 2013|access-date=February 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/the-first-misunderstanding-barn-mary-pickford_n_3981171.html|title=Mary Pickford Film 'Their First Misunderstanding' Found in Barn Is Restored|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com|date=September 24, 2013|access-date=February 15, 2014}}</ref>
* On August 29, 2014, while presenting ''[[Behind the Scenes (1914 film)|Behind the Scenes]]'' (1914) at [[Cinecon]], film historian [[Jeffrey Vance]] announced he is working with the Mary Pickford Foundation on what will be her official biography.
* The [[Google Doodle]] of April 8, 2017, commemorated Mary Pickford's 125th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/mary-pickfords-125th-birthday/|title=Mary Pickford's 125th birthday|website=[[Google]]|date=April 8, 2017|access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Girls in the Picture'', a 2018 novel by [[Melanie Benjamin (author)|Melanie Benjamin]], is a historical fiction about the friendship of Mary Pickford and screenwriter [[Frances Marion]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/17/577723549/girls-in-the-picture-traces-a-friendship-in-the-flickers|title='Girls in the Picture' Traces A Friendship in the Flickers|last=Zimmerman|first=Jean|newspaper=NPR |date=January 17, 2018|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]|language=en|access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref>
* On August 20, 2019, the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] announced [[Mati Diop]] as the recipient of the first Mary Pickford Award.<ref name="tiff2019">{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=BreAnna |title=Toronto Film Festival: Director Mati Diop to Receive Inaugural Mary Pickford Award |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mati-diop-mary-pickford-award-toronto-international-film-festival-1203306445/ |access-date=June 28, 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820143541/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mati-diop-mary-pickford-award-toronto-international-film-festival-1203306445/ |url-status=live |archive-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>
* Pickford has been portrayed twice in the [[CBC Television|Canadian television]] period [[Detective fiction|detective series]] [[Murdoch Mysteries]]. She was first played by [[Peyton Kennedy]] in the [[Standalone film|stand-alone]] [[Christmas_by_medium#Television_specials_and_episodes|Christmas special]] "[[List of Murdoch Mysteries episodes#Season 9 (2015–2016)|A Merry Murdoch Christmas]]" (December 21, 2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gem.cbc.ca/murdoch-mysteries/s09e19 |title=A Merry Murdoch Christmas |date=December 21, 2015 |access-date=May 2, 2025}}</ref> Pickford again appears in episode 12 of season 15 "[[List of Murdoch Mysteries episodes#Season 15 (2021–2022)|There's Something About Mary]]" (January 3, 2022), portrayed by Eva Foote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gem.cbc.ca/murdoch-mysteries/s15e12 |title=There's Something About Mary |date=January 3, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025}}</ref>

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File:Grauman's Chinese Theatre, mary pickford.JPG|Pickford's handprints and footprints at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood, California
File:Mary Pickford star on Walk of Fame.jpg|Pickford's star on the Walk of Fame in Toronto
File:PickfordCenter01.jpg|Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California
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